14. nIcorta. 123 
Var. edeniana. 
Melanochelys edeniana, Theob. J. c. 
Emys trijuga, var. burmana, Anders. 1. c. p. 729, pls. lvii. & lviii. 
A larger race, with the shell deep black, with a sternal border, 
and sometimes also the keels, yellowish. Light markings on the 
head, if present, small. 
Length of shell 40 centim. 
Burma. 
a-f. Her. & yg., spir. Bhamo. M. L. Fea [C.]. 
g, h. 3 2, shells. Burma. W. Theobald, Esq. [C.]. 
3. Nicoria punctularia. 
Testudo scabra (non L.), Daud. Rept. ii. p. 129 (1802). 
punctularia, Daud. 1. c. p. 249. 
Emys punctularia, Schweigg. Prodr. p. 36 (1814); Dum. § Bibr. ii. 
p- 243 (1835) ; Gtinth. Biol. C-Am., Rept. p. 9 (1885). 
Chersine punctularia, Merr. Tent. p. 29 (1820). 
Emys dorsualis, Sper, Test. Bras. p. 11, pl. ix. figs. 1 & 2 (1824). 
scabra, Gray, Syn. Rept. p, 24 (1831); Bell, Mon. Test. p.— 
pls. xxix. & xxx. (1834); Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 20 (1844), and Cat 
Sh. Rept. i. p. 31 (1855). 
Clemmys punctularia, Strauch, Chelon. Stud. pp. 33 & 128 (1862), 
and Verth. Schildkr. p. 81 (1865). 
Geoclemmys callocephalus, Gray, Proc. Zool, Soc. 1863, p. 254, and 
Suppl. Cat. Sh. Rept. i, p. 27 (1870). 
Rhinoclemmys scabra, Gray, Ann. § Mag. N. H, (3) xii. p. 182 
(1863), ee Suppl. Cat. Sh, Rept. i. p. 80, and Proe. Zool. Soc, 1870 
. 722, fig. 
z bellii, Gray, Ul. ce. 
? Chelopus punctularius, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1865, p. 185, 
Rhinoclemmys lunata, Gray, Ann. § Mag. N. H. (4) xi. p. 144 
1873). 
coe. callocephala, Gray, J. c. 
ventricosa, Gray, J. c. p. 145. 
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Carapace moderately depressed, unicarinate, often openly emargi- 
nate anteriorly. Vertebral shields, in the adult, about as broad 
as long, and much narrower than the costals; nuchal very small, 
sometimes absent. Plastron large; the width of the bridge exceeds 
the length of the posterior lobe, which is broadly notched; front 
lobe truncate or openly emarginate anteriorly. Axillary and in- 
guinal shields present, small. Dorsal shields granular, rough, in the 
young. Head small, snout projecting ; upper jaw not hooked, with 
a slight, sometimes indistinct notch ; the width of the mandible at 
the symphysis is much less than the horizontal diameter of the 
orbit. Digits shortly but distinctly webbed. Tail not longer than 
the head. Shell dark brown, plastron bordered with yellowish. 
Head dark brown above, with an oblique yellowish (red) band on 
each side, from above the orbit to above the ear, sometimes uniting 
with its fellow across the forehead ; a pair of roundish red spots in 
front of the orbits and another on the occiput ; sides of head and 
